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The dreaded sequester kicked in last week, which will cut planned government expenditures across the board by $1 trillion over the next decade. While there are many different takes on the sequester's effect on our economy, this is certain: Washington's two parties cannot currently reconcile their differences in funding priorities.

But Jon Stewart may just have found the one issue both parties can agree on: improving early childhood education.

Regardless of which side of the aisle you're on, it's tough to argue we couldn't improve, and the program isn't that expensive.

Currently, the Federal Government's Head Start program serves just slightly more than a million children at a cost of almost $8 billion. Expanding the program to cover all 3.3 million of the nation's four-year-olds would (using napkin math) bring the cost to just under $24 billion.

Stewart takes us to the heart of the debate: The Republicans refuse to cut the military. Democrats want to give teachers' unions a handout.

Incompatible. No dice. Gridlock.

But wait! Somehow the planets have aligned.

The military found that three in four Americans aged 17-24 are not able to join the military because they have criminal records, lack a diploma, and are physically unfit to serve. What did they suggest? Better early childhood education programs.

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